Starring: Steve Sooy, Anthony M. Carr, Keith Johnson, Ken Davis, Stan Morrow Directed By: Pericles Lewnes Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Format: Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC Label: TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC. Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 08, 1998 Running Time: 98 minutes Theatrical Release Date: 1988
Description: When redneck dirt-farmers accidentally drink a barrel of nuclear waste they transform into tobacco chewing, flesh eating, cannibal kinfolk from hell! Meanwhile, seven sophisticated city slickers on vacation get lost in the woods and encounter a nightmare world of these illiterate, and extremely hungry, undead appalachains. While the tourists hikers use all their wits and courage to stay alive, more and more "down-home" types imbibe the nasty brew until Redneck Zombies are everywhere. What started as a scenic nature-hike turns into a bloodbath of dismemberment and cannibalism! Redneck Zombies, the directorial debut of effects genius Pericles Lewnes (Troma’s War, Toxic Avenger Part II and III), was the first feature film shot on video!
This movie is SOO disturbing and scary~! I live in a red neck zone and I see these type of people like in the movie here in Georgia, USA. I need to get out of here! I miss my home, Monaco, France.
Not a 'B' horror but an 'F' horror Warning: there are spoilers in this review but believe me, I'm not spoiling much.
The first question is, can you make it through the whole movie? Well, I was bored and had nothing better to do, although in retrospect I could have watched the grass grow. 'Redneck Zombies', to begin with, is filmed on video, that's how bad it is. It's like a high school project that got an 'F'. But with a writer named Fester Smellman (it's true), you get what you asked for.
A military jeep hauling a drum of toxic waste loses the drum off the dirt road and is scared away by a fat redneck. The fat one then gives the drum to Pa Redneck and his three sons, one of whom insists on being called Ellie May and wears his shirt tied around his sagging belly. The rednecks think it's a new still and begin brewing. The hooch comes out green and awful, but of course they drink it anyway. Ellie May leaves to make the delivery run to town. Pa and sons drink the hooch and turn into redneck zombies. (they kind of melt) Meanwhile, some novice campers enter the woods to set up a camp. It's not long before the zombies find the campers and of course, the feast begins.
Some things to watch for (if you actually watch this tripe) are instead of the ice cream man they have a "dip" man. (chewing tobacco) There's a delivery scene to the freelance butcher that makes no sense, a drooling redneck and a duck-taped girl sitting in the living room watching baby chickens on the TV. There's the obsessive/compulsive camper who changes his shirt all the time, and is the one who discovers that the zombies can be killed by spray deodorant. There's the pre-vet school camper who freaks out and does an autopsy on one of their dead friends while hallucinating that he's pulling out shoes, ears of corn, and a rubber ducky, before throwing up into the incision.
The acting is atrocious, the FX is horrible (strawberry jam, red corn syrup, raw liver, and chicken parts) - there isn't one redeeming feature of this movie except that the makers of it acknowledge that it's a comedy and not to be taken seriously. My recommendation is to always listen to one of my favorite reviewers, Jeffrey Leach, when it comes to horror. Pass on this one, don't even rent unless you have some chemical enhancement to go with it, and even that might not work.
love it been looking for this one for a while love it both funny and gory u just cant beat that
Now this is a Bad Film All the elitist critics who half watch a perfectly good film only to rip it apart, (Ebert & Roeper I am talking to you) should be forced clockwork orange style to sit through this. This is the real deal when it comes to an unwatchably bad, embarrasingly awful film.
Friendly Warning: This isn't campy fun, voiceover audience participation bad-just bad. Seriously don't waste your time or money.
Great Stuff! This is definitely one of my favorite movies. It has bad acting. Bad script. Silly gags. Disgusting situations. Tons of gore. Nonsensical activity. It has everything that makes a great bad movie! Now, if you don't like movies that are campy, cheap, silly, over-the-top (or whatever other term you want to use), then you obviously won't like this one. You shouldn't even rent it. In fact, you shouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole--because this is one of the best bad movies ever made.
Yes, the acting is bad, but the key is that it's not boring. Yes, the script isn't going to win any awards, but it's not boring. Yes, the gags... well, I think you see the pattern. This isn't a sophisticated movie--it never pretends or tries to be. It's just a *fun* movie. What I really don't understand are the bad reviews here by people who say they like campy horror movies. I don't doubt their sincerity or honesty, I just don't understand how they couldn't at least give this movie a pass.
So, what is so good about this movie in my opinion? Let me count the ways! (a cheesy movie deserves a somewhat cheesy review) First, I loved the sound effects and music. I don't like country music, but the theme for this movie is just awesome, and much of the other sounds in the movie emphasise the campiness of the movie, but in a good way. Second, this movie has a lot of funny and memorable jokes. One of my favorites is when an illiterate farmer is looking at a barrel of nuclear waste, and in trying to read what is on the side of the container, points at it and says "Do not... open till... Christmas," with the last word being represented by a nuclear symbol. This movie is full of such silly jokes and campy dialogue.
Third, the movie gives you lots of things to think about, though because of the otherwise silly context, it never seems overbearing or condescending. Really, these situations just seem really wierd until you try to think about what is being said. One example of this involved a tied up girl on a couch, a really strange guy sitting next to her, and images of baby chickens being slaughtered on tv. It's freaky; it also makes you ask "what the hell is THAT about?"
Fourth, for such a campy movie, the characters are actually fairly well established early on, and developed nicely throughout the movie. In fact, there's a lot more characterization involved here than in most hollywood block busters. If you actually like this movie, you won't easily forget Ellie May, or the drunk mute guy, or the Tobacco man. The characters here are definitely not your cookie cutter horror movie kills-waiting-to-happen.
And the fifth reason that I love this movie... it's unabashedly consistent, fun cheesiness. It doesn't try to be your typical horror-comedy, it's just total silliness (e.g., the kills are gory, but not gruesome).
If you're a fan of horror-comedy and/or silly low-budget movies, then I'd definitely recommend this one. It's one of the best that I've seen.
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